UNTITLED PLAY. (A typical small town drugstore . . .). From a letter To Tevis Clyde Smith, week of February 20, 1928.

The opening of the play goes like this:

ACT 1
Scene 1.
(A typical small town drugstore. A boy polishing the fountain. At one of the small tables at the front a young man is sitting. He is a lanky, slouchily built young man with a sullen, moody expression on his sallow face. He is not reading nor does he appear to be thinking. He is simply sitting there. A man enters; a large massively built man who walks with a slight limp. He has a strong rugged face and his hands are calloused.)

This play provides a slice of life in a small town, highlighting the contrast between the aspirations of a troubled writer and the mundane reality surrounding him, enriched by Howard's characteristic introspective dialogue and stark, realistic settings.

This could very well be the play version of the untitled story Howard wrote. See more here.